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A man looks at the painting "La liberte guidant le peuple" during a press visit of the exhibition "Delacroix (1798-1863)" at the Louvre Museum in Paris on March 27, 2018. The exhibition on French artist Eugene Delacroix will run from March 29 to July 23. PATRICK KOVARIK / AFP.
PARIS.- Eugène Delacroix was one of the giants of French painting, but his last full retrospective exhibition in Paris dates back to 1963, the centenary year of his death. In collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Louvre is holding a historic exhibition featuring some 180 worksmostly paintingsas a tribute to his entire career. From the young artists big hits at the Salons of the 1820s to his final, lesser-known, and mysterious religious paintings and landscapes, the exhibition will showcase the tension that characterizes the art of Delacroix, who strove for individuality while aspiring to follow in the footsteps of the Flemish and Venetian masters of the 16th and 17th centuries. It will aim to answer the questions raised by Delacroixs long, prolific, and multifaceted career while introducing visitors to an engaging character: a virtuoso writer, painter, and illustrator who was curious, critic ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day A picture taken on March 26, 2018 shows a reconstruction of the Man of Spy displayed for the Neanderthal exhibition at the Musee de l'Homme in Paris. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP
| 65 French Impressionist paintings from the Musée d'Orsay on view at the Art Gallery of South Australia | | Basquiat's monumental 'Flesh and Spirit' unveiled at Sotheby's Hong Kong | | Painting at University of Aberdeen confirmed as hidden treasure by Canaletto |
Paul Signac, France, 1863-1935, La bouée rouge (The red buoy), 1895, oil on canvas, 81.2 x 65 cm, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France ©photo Musée d'Orsay / rmn.
ADELAIDE.- More than 65 Impressionist masterpieces from the renowned collection of the Musée dOrsay, Paris are on show at the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide in a unique exhibition exploring the revolution of colour that lies at the heart of Impressionism. Titled Colours of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée dOrsay, the exhibition charts the revolution of colour that lies at the very heart of Impressionism. Curated by Marine Kisiel and Paul Perrin of the Musée dOrsay for the Art Gallery of South Australia in collaboration with Art Exhibitions Australia, the exhibition underscores the truly seismic nature of Impressionism and offers a new perspective on the nineteenth centurys most important art movement. The exhibition is open to the public from Thursday 29 March until ... More | |
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Flesh And Spirit, 1982-83. Oil stick, gesso, acrylic and paper on canvas. 2 panels, each: 72½ by 145 in. 184.2 by 368.3 cm. Estimate in the region of $30 million © 2018 Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, NY. Courtesy Sothebys.
HONG KONG.- Flesh And Spirit by Jean-Michel Basquiat was announced today as one of the outstanding highlights of Sothebys New York Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 16 May. Made up of multi-canvas panels measuring a combined 145 by 145 inches, the work is one of the largest ever made by the artist and almost certainly the biggest to appear at auction. The 1983 work was acquired by visionary collector and patron of the arts Dolores Ormandy Neumann that same year, and has remained in the distinguished collection of the Neumann family since. After the Hong Kong exhibition, the work will travel to London before the opening of the ... More | |
Detail of The Ruins of a Temple by Canaletto.
ABERDEEN.- A painting gifted to the University of Aberdeen has been identified as a £2million work by a prominent Italian artist - more than 150 years after it was donated. The image of Roman ruins outside a city has now been positively identified by two experts as an original work by 18th century Venetian artist Canaletto. Senior lecturer in History of Art at the University of Aberdeen, John Gash, and leading Canaletto expert Charles Beddington have published their findings in The Burlington Magazine the leading journal on fine arts. It was often thought to be from the Canaletto school that is, by one of Canalettos pupils or someone imitating his style, explains Mr Gash. However I and others have long suspected it was a real Canaletto and now we have been able to confirm this. It is clear from the technique and the style, as in the language of forms and composition, that this ... More |
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| Iraqi monument destroyed by IS recreated in London | | Largest collection of King Tut's treasures ever to travel arrives in LA | | Phillips to offer Basquiat's 'Flexible' in the May Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art |
4th Plinth 2018. Photo: Caroline Teo.
LONDON (AFP).- A reconstruction, made from date syrup cans, of an ancient Iraqi statue destroyed by Islamic State jihadists was unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square on Wednesday. The artwork will stand for two years on the empty fourth plinth in the British capital's central square as a monument to the destruction of Iraqi culture since the 2003 US-led invasion. Created by US conceptual artist Michael Rakowitz, who is of Iraqi Jewish descent, the replica is entitled "The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist". "I see this work as a ghost of the original and as a placeholder for those human lives that cannot be reconstructed, that are still searching for sanctuary," said Rakowitz. It recreates a Lamassu -- a winged bull and protective deity -- that stood at the gates of Nineveh, northern Iraq, from around 700 BC. It was destroyed by the Islamic State (IS) group in 2015. The new statue is part of a wider project to recreate more than 7,000 objects looted ... More | |
Gold Inlaid Canopic Coffinette of Tutankhamun Dedicated to Imseti and Isis. © Laboratoriorosso, Viterbo/Italy.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- More than 150 stunning treasures from King Tuts tomb have arrived from Cairo, Egypt at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, where have been installed for the world premiere of King Tut: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh..Presented by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities, IMG and the California Science Center, guests at the new immersive exhibition can explore the story told by these priceless burial objects and learn what science has revealed about King Tuts life and death. The 10-city international exhibition tour commemorates the 100-year anniversary of the tombs discovery and is on view at the California Science Center until January 6, 2019. Exhibition guests will see dazzling antiquities that would have served the king in life and / or afterlife. The largest collection of King Tuts treasures ever to travel, ... More | |
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Flexible. Executed in 1984. Acrylic and oilstick on wood, 102 x 75 in. (259.1 x 190.5 cm.). Estimate on request. Image courtesy of Phillips.
NEW YORK, NY.- Phillips announced that Jean-Michel Basquiats Flexible will be among the highlights of the New York Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art on 17 May. Consigned directly from the artists estate, this sale marks the works first time ever being offered for sale, publicly or privately. Estimated to sell in excess of $20 million, Flexible is the highest-value and largest work to ever have been offered from the Estate. Scott Nussbaum, Phillips Head of 20th Century & Contemporary Art, New York, said, Basquiat has come to visually define one of the most culturally significant periods in American history. We are honored to have been entrusted by the Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat with the sale of Flexible, which is undoubtedly among the most ambitious endeavors ever undertaken by the artist, created at the pinnacle of his prodigious career. Jeanine Basquiat and ... More |
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| Ruiz-Healy Art opens a solo exhibition of works by Michael Menchaca | | ODETTA gallery and Garvey/Simon open a group exhibition featuring work by six contemporary artists | | New director of Yale University Art Gallery announced |
Michael Menchaca, El Conejo Stares At You And Then You Know. 30 x 22".
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, Texas, is presenting a solo exhibition with mixed-media collages, works on paper, and a wallpaper mural by Michael Menchaca. The exhibition titled Vignettes from San Antonio will be on view through May 12, 2018. Michael Menchaca earned his MFA from the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design in 2015 with a concentration in printmaking. A San Antonio native, Menchaca is known to juxtapose images from popular culture with Mesoamerican iconography. Vignettes from San Antonio is a new series of work that is inspired by the artist's hometown. Large collage works speak to the cultural landscape of San Antonio and correspond with the citys celebration of its tricentennial anniversary. Highlighting such iconic San Antonio scenes as Easter weekend at Brackenridge Park, the campus at San Antonio College, and the Battle ... More | |
Jackie Battenfield Ghost Blossom V, 2015, acrylic on mylar, 50 x 40 inches.
NEW YORK, NY.- Ellen Hackl Fagan, of ODETTA gallery, Bushwick, and Elizabeth Garvey, of Garvey|Simon gallery are presenting Flower Power, featuring work by six contemporary artists exploring flora in a wide range of media. The two gallerists share a common aesthetic and are co-curating this exhibition. Artists include: Christopher Adams, Jackie Battenfield, Daisy Craddock, Sally Gil, Mel Prest, and Sung Won Yun. Flowers, gently seductive in their ability to indelibly imprint upon us memories of first meetings, euphoria, and romance, inspire wonder. Flower Power explores both the materiality of flowers through different artistic media, and the entanglement of biological and emotional phenomena they represent. The six artists shown represent a variety of artistic practices, including ceramic, works on paper, and acrylic, and demonstrate the full spectrum from abstraction ... More | |
Ms. Wiles has 20 years experience leading college and university art museums at Cornell, Oberlin College, and Wesleyan University. Photo: Jon Reis Photography.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.- Yale announced today that Stephanie Wiles, currently the Richard J. Schwartz Director of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, will be the next Henry J. Heinz II Director of the Yale University Art Gallery. Ms. Wiles will join Yale on July 1, succeeding Jock Reynolds, who has led the gallery since 1998. Ms. Wiles has 20 years experience leading college and university art museums at Cornell, Oberlin College, and Wesleyan University. She began her career in the department of drawings and prints at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City where she worked for seventeen years. Ms. Wiles received her bachelors degree from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, a masters degree in art history from Hunter College of the City ... More |
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| North Carolina Museum of Art acquires Yayoi Kusama's Light of Life | | Jack Shainman Gallery opens exhibition of new works by Hank Willis Thomas | | Revelatory works by Eisenstaedt, Evans & Lange lead April sale at Swann |
Yayoi Kusama, Light of Life, 2018, mirrored box and LED lights, H. 86 5/8 x W. 84 1/4 x D. 72 7/8 in., North Carolina Museum of Art, Purchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society. Image © 2018 Yayoi Kusama, Courtesy David Zwirner, New York; Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo/Singapore/Shanghai; Victoria Miro, London/Venice; YAYOI KUSAMA Inc.
RALEIGH, NC.- The North Carolina Museum of Art has acquired a major work of contemporary art, Light of Life, by one of the most acclaimed contemporary artists in the world, Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. The work debuts at the NCMA on April 7 as part of the exhibition You Are Here: Light, Color, and Sound Experiences. After the exhibition closes in late July, the Kusama work will be featured in the Museums modern and contemporary galleries. Light of Life is one of the final major acquisitions of outgoing Director Larry Wheeler, who plans to retire in November. "This acquisition epitomizes Kusamas brilliance and the impact of her pioneering work as one of the most influential artists working today, and it is a privilege to be the first institution in the Southeast to acquire one of ... More | |
Hank Willis Thomas, To Be Titled (Woman Biting Cop), 2017. Screenprint on retroreflective vinyl mounted to Dibond, 32 x 24 inches. © Hank Willis Thomas. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
NEW YORK, NY.- Jack Shainman Gallery announces Hank Willis Thomas sixth solo exhibition at the gallery, What We Ask Is Simple. In this newest body of work, Thomas continues to investigate 20th century protests in Africa, North America and Europe. These works remind us that the societal tumult we witness in the news and in the streets is part of a hardfought, perennial battle for equality; and that we should not forget to acknowledge the overwhelming mass of people who use their creativity, courage, and community to inspire change. The mirrors, retroreflective, and sculptural works on view in the exhibition are largely inspired by artists such as Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, and Michelangelo Pistoletto; social activist photographers like James Spider Martin, Charles Moore, and Dorothea Lange; and the courageous human rights work of Gloria ... More | |
Alfred Eisenstaedt, Premier at La Scala, Milan, Italy, silver print, circa 1933. Estimate $40,000 to $60,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- On Thursday, April 19, Swann Galleries will offer the auction The Knowing Eye: Photographs & Photobooks, with selections that tackle themes of reflection and examination in medium. The sale is led by unique prints of iconic masterworks. An early printing of Ansel Adamss Winter in Yosemite (Pine Forest in Snow), circa 1932, inscribed to Carl Wheat, carries an estimate of $40,000 to $60,000. Another exercise in depth in black and white is a vintage and apparently unique print, atypical of his usual presentation style, of Alfred Eisenstaedts Premier at La Scala, Milan, circa 1933, also estimated at $40,000 to $60,000. A suite of five photographs by Dorothea Lange during her commission by the WRA document the forced relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps in 1942. The images were censored when it became obvious that Langes sympathies lay with the subjects of the project rather than the government. The photographs were subsequently censored. These ... More |
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Hong Kong Arts Center opens exhibition of works by Sean Scully
HONG KONG.- Born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1945, Sean Scully spent most of his childhood and adolescence in south London. He enrolled at Croydon College of Art, and it was here that he first encountered Abstract Expressionism and Op Art. Scully abandoned his early figurative work, and in the late 1960s and early 1970s, began formulating his own abstract language, based on the grid. When he moved to the United States in the mid 1970s, he produced his first works that were composed entirely of horizontal bands and lines. Scully reflects: Its habitual to think of abstraction as abstract. But its not, its a self-portrait. A portrait of personal conditions, one could say. I left London, and its stability, for New York, and its instability. Correspondingly, I dropped the vertical out of the paintings, along with my ... More
Mumbai Art Room opens exhibition of works by Neha Kudchadkar
MUMBAI.- Display is presenting the exhibition Pinch your Thumb and Three Fingers, by the Bombay based artist Neha Kudchadkar, that features Hand Job, conceived during her stay at the Künstlerhaus Stadttöpferei Neumünster. The exhibition is made in partnership with Mumbai Art Room and Pro Helvetia - Swiss Art Council, in the frame of the curatorial lab and residency. In that context, both the artist Neha Kudchadkar and the curator Marie DuPasquier, as well as Display and Mumbai Art Room engaged a collaboration considered to be the beginning of a longer conversation. Pinch your thumb and three fingers, tip, scroll, double tap, smart zoom in and out, rotate, swipe, open, drag, spread. The multi-touch manual will teach you effectively how to develop new fingertip abilities and adopt gestures or communication skills to navigate the haptic system of our ... More
The Lucy Maxym Collection of Russian Lacquer & Art goes up for bid at Turner Auctions + Appraisals
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Turner Auctions + Appraisals will present the Lucy Maxym Collection of Russian Lacquer and Art on April 15, 2018. Offering over 100 lots, the online sale features Russian lacquer boxes, jewelry, icons, a Fabergé cigarette case, and reference materials. Acquired over 30-40 years, all items are from the personal collection of Lucy Maxym, a noted author and expert on Russian lacquer art. The sale also includes a selection of her silver items from Russia and Asia, an egg and other items in cloisonné, books and other collectibles. Turner Auctions + Appraisals begins its online auction on Sunday, April 15, 2018, at 10:30 am PDT; items in the sale are available for preview and bidding now. The online auction will be featured live on four platforms: LiveAuctioneers, Invaluable, eBay and Turner Auctions + Appraisals free mobile app, which can ... More
Denny Gallery opens a solo exhibition by Justine Hill
NEW YORK, NY.- Denny Gallery announces Freestanding, a solo exhibition by Justine Hill on view from March 29th to May 6th, 2018. This is her second solo exhibition with Denny Gallery following They Just Behave Differently in 2016. Freestanding shows Hills development of the Cutouts, a body of work she began in 2015. The Cutouts are paintings on hand-cut wood panels covered with canvas, which hang a few inches off the wall. They often consist of multiple panels, which configured together, make up a singular work. Hill begins her process by designing her shapes. In this phase, she determines how the separate panels will interact with one another and what role they will have within the composition, as some panels now take on the role of an object within the composition, or a ground or background component. She also chooses the scale of the pieces, ... More
Freeman's announces highlights from the American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts sale
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Freemans April 25 auction of American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts offers Americana collectors a wide array of property. The 41-lot collection of Outsider and Folk Art from the Estate of Gloria G. Einbender (1930-2017) will open the sale and represents artists including Thornton Dial, Mamie Deschillie, Eddie Arning, Purvis Young and others. Mrs. Einbender was a life-long lover and supporter of the arts. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Gloria moved to New York City to pursue a career in fashion illustration. There she married Edwin Einbender and in 1964, the couple relocated to Philadelphia where Edwin founded the Honeybee clothing store. Gloria and Edwin worked closely and together, produced a fashion catalogue winning accolades in the womens fashion industry. The couple then returned to New York City, fully participating ... More
Lichtenstein offered at Heritage Auctions' Modern & Contemporary Art - Prints & Multiples Auction
DALLAS, TX.- An iconic image from American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein is projected to bring as much as $500,000 in Heritage Auctions' Modern & Contemporary Art Prints & Multiples Auction April 17 in Dallas. Heritage will offer Lichtenstein's 1994 Nude with Blue Hair, from Nudes (est. $300,000-500,000) as part of a series of images that used 1960s comic book caricatures rather than live image for inspiration. "Heritage is honored to offer this monumental work by Roy Lichtenstein," Holly Sherratt, Heritage Auctions' Director of Modern & Contemporary Art, San Francisco, said. "Hutcheson was a Master Printer in all of the traditional printing techniques, including etching, woodcut, lithography, silkscreen and papermaking. During the 1980s, John Hutcheson ran his own workshop in the New York City area and developed personal relationships with hundreds of artists. ... More
Institute of Modern Art surveys works from 2005 to 2018 by Tom Nicholson
BRISBANE.- Tom Nicholsons solo exhibition surveys the central role drawing plays in his engagement with contemporary political realities in Australia and beyond. The show presents works from 2005 to 2018, focusing on both the histories and possibilities of drawing, and its relationship to writing. The exhibition features the final chapter of Drawings and correspondence: a new commission by IMA, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, and Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. The project centres upon a moment at Kwartatuma/Ormiston Gorge in Central Australia, at the outbreak of WWII, in the remarkable relationship between the non-Aboriginal watercolourist Rex Battarbee and the Western Arrernte artist Albert Namatjira. The show is accompanied by the first monograph of Nicholsons work, Lines towards Another, edited by Amelia Barikin and Helen Hughes, ... More
Sotheby's exhibition marks José-MarÃa Cano's debut exhibition in Hong Kong
HONG KONG.- Game Changers: José-MarÃa Cano selling exhibition is being held alongside Spring Sales 2018 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, showcasing the artists two best-known series -WS100 and The Soul of Money. With these works, the artist shares his thoughts on capitalism and its impact on human civilisation. Globally appreciated, Canos works are shown around the world, including a solo exhibition in 2016 at the Art Museum of Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. Held from 29 March to 2 April, the exhibition marks José-MarÃa Canos debut exhibition in Hong Kong. Canos most celebrated body of work, the Wall Street 100 series began in 2004. Made entirely from wax, the series depicts portraits of the worlds financial elites, taken from images used in the Wall Street Journal. Thanks to Canos astonishing skill in this unusual medium, ... More
Art Basel Hong Kong's Kabinett features 30 specially curated presentations
HONG KONG.- Following its debut in Asia last year, Art Basels Kabinett sector returns to the Hong Kong show featuring 30 concisely curated projects. Hosted within the Galleries sector booths, projects this year encompass strong conceptual solo presentations by both established and emerging artists including: artist duo Alfredo & Isabel Aquilizan, Chant Avedissian, Teresita Fernández, Katsura Funakoshi, Apostolos Georgiou, Federico Herrero, Hon Chi Fun, Kim Kulim, Kim Yong-Ik, Jeff Koons, Frog King (Kwok Mang-ho), Wifredo Lam, Liang Shuo, Fausto Melotti, Mihai Olos, Yoko Ono, Gabriel Orozco, Peng Wei, Mark Ryden, Andres Serrano, Song Dong, Rebekka Steiger, Mircea Suciu, Kishio Suga, Frank Walter, Tom Wesselmann, Harumi Yamaguchi, Yang Jiechang, Yu Cheng-Ta and Yu Hong. Art Basel, whose Lead Partner is UBS, takes place at the Hong ... More
Royal Ontario Museum announces appointment of Curator, Islamic Art & Culture
TORONTO.- Josh Basseches, Director & CEO and Dr. Mark Engstrom, Deputy Director of Collections & Research of the Royal Ontario Museum, announced the appointment of Dr. Fahmida Suleman, ROM Curator of Islamic Art & Culture. Dr. Suleman will be responsible for developing and implementing strategy to build, manage and interpret the ROMs world-class collection of Islamic art and material culture, which represents the largest collection of its kind in Canada. We are delighted to welcome Dr. Fahmida Suleman to the ROM, said Josh Basseches, ROM Director & CEO. Fahmida joins the Museum at a critical time, as we engage our visitors and our communities more deeply in our collections. Her scholarly, curatorial, and programming expertise will offering fresh perspectives on the impact and influence of Islamic art and culture on our contemporary world. ... More
Teesside University announces new Director for Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art
MIDDLESBROUGH.- Teesside University has appointed Laura Sillars as Director of Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art. Laura joins MIMA from Sheffields Site Gallery where she has been Artistic Director (Co-Director) for seven years. Previous roles include Programme Director at Foundation for Art and Creative Technology and Curator of Public Programmes at Tate Gallery, Liverpool. Curating projects for the Liverpool Biennial, Abandon Normal Devices Festival and Art Sheffield she has worked collaboratively in Liverpool and Sheffield to develop culture consortia to support the arts ecologies of those cities. Her appointment comes following the departure of Alistair Hudson who moved earlier in the year to Manchester Art Gallery and Whitworth Art Gallery. MIMA, which became part of Teesside University in 2014, celebrated its tenth anniversary last year. It has ... More
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Flashback On a day like today, French painter Georges Seurat died March 29, 1891. Georges-Pierre Seurat (December 1859 - 29 March 1891) was a French post-Impressionist painter and draftsman. He is noted for his innovative use of drawing media and for devising the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism. In this image: Georges Seurat (French, Paris 1859-1891 Paris), Pierrot and Colombine Ca. 1886 - 88. Conté crayon on paper, 9 3/4 x 12 3/8 in. (24.8 x 31.2 cm). Kasama Nichido Museum of Art.
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